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  • Engility to Help Air Force Engineer, Integrate Remote Sensing Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Air Force Engineer, Integrate Remote Sensing Systems

    Engility has secured a two-year, $46.3 million contract option to provide engineering and integration support to the Space and Missile Systems Center’s remote sensing systems directorate. The Defense Department said Dec. 20 that the exercised option covers systems engineering and integration controls, integration execution and enterprise integration services. SMC obligated $2.8 million at the time of award from the Air Force’s fiscal […] More

  • GE Awarded $74M Contract to Repair Navy Super Hornet, Growler Aircraft Engine Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Awarded $74M Contract to Repair Navy Super Hornet, Growler Aircraft Engine Components

    General Electric has been awarded a $74 million contract to repair, replace and provide program support for engine components of the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler planes. Work under the performance-based contract will occur in Jacksonville, Florida, and at various GE supplier locations through April 2017, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will allocate fiscal 2017 working […] More

  • NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced a $30 million grant program in an effort to advance research and development work on broadband technology platforms for first responders. NIST’s public safety communications research division will accept applications from nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and other non-federal entities for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator […] More

  • VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for proposals for a potential five-year contract to provide gaming training products for the Veterans Health Administration. VA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Dec. 21 the Serious Educational Game Solutions contract will be a set-aside program for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and will include consulting support […] More

  • Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded Kongsberg a $14.4 million contract to supply remote weapon station systems for the military branch’s fleet of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Kongsberg said Friday it will provide a low-profile configuration of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station to the Army in an effort to help increase visibility for the tank commander on the M1A2 […] More

  • CH2M to Manage Gallup, NM Wastewater Treatment Plant; Peter Nicol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Manage Gallup, NM Wastewater Treatment Plant; Peter Nicol Comments

    The Gallup, New Mexico, City Council has approved an eight-year contract for CH2M to operate and maintain the city’s wastewater treatment plant. CH2M said Tuesday it will also upgrade the facility to help control wastewater odor problems in the community and dispose of biosolids from the plant that has the capacity to treat approximately five million gallons per day. […] More

  • Kratos Lands Command, Control & Comms Contract With US Security Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Lands Command, Control & Comms Contract With US Security Agency

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a $17.5 million contract to provide command, control and communications services to an unnamed federal security agency. Kratos said Thursday its technology and training solutions division will carry out work at secure Kratos and customer facilities. TTS provides satellite and space system C3, signal processing, radio frequency interference […] More

  • Northrop Awarded Navy Fire Scout Software, Engineering Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Awarded Navy Fire Scout Software, Engineering Support Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a Northrop Grumman a $17.1 million contract to provide system software and engineering services for MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday Northrop will deliver software design and system integration, qualification testing, cybersecurity activities and engineering support to the Navy under the contract. Northrop will perform work in San […] More

  • WWT Customers to Access Dell EMC Resources Under New Partner Program Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WWT Customers to Access Dell EMC Resources Under New Partner Program Status

    World Wide Technology has achieved the Titanium Black Status under Dell EMC‘s Partner Program which will give WWT customers access to Dell EMC’s resources and technologies. WWT said Wednesday the Titanium Black Status is a new rank within the Titanium Tier of the Dell EMC Partner Program, which will be launched on Feb. 4, 2017. The supply […] More

  • Onvia Issues SLED Marketplace Trend Projections for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Issues SLED Marketplace Trend Projections for 2017

    Onvia has released a market research report on state, local and education government contracting marketplace trends in 2017 to help business and government professionals pursue GovCon opportunities. Onvia said Tuesday the “2017 State & Local Government Contracting Forecast: Outlook and Discussion with the Experts” report covered assessments on the Bureau of Economic Analysis-collected economic trending data […] More

  • Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR 'Trends to Watch' in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR ‘Trends to Watch’ in 2017

    Acendre has unveiled a report on “Federal Government Market Trends to Watch” for 2017 on the human capital landscape with the help of insights from human resource leaders in government and the People Analytics Center of Excellence. Acendre said Tuesday the report discusses trends on automated performance management, agency budgets, information technology modernization plans, contractor […] More

  • Austal Hands Over 5th Independence-Variant LCS to Navy; David Singleton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal Hands Over 5th Independence-Variant LCS to Navy; David Singleton Comments

    Austal USA has handed over its fifth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship to the U.S. Navy during a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The company said Monday USS Gabrielle Giffords was designed in Australia and constructed at Austal’s Alabama module manufacturing facility. “Gabrielle Giffords joins Independence, Coronado, Jackson and Montgomery as the fifth Littoral […] More